Colleges of business must meet assurance of learning requirements to gain or maintain
AACSB accreditation under the new standards adopted April 8, 2013. Team skills are …

In today's business world, the ability to work efficiently and effectively with others in a group
is a mandatory skill. Many employers rank “ability to work with a group” as one of the most …

The importance of teamwork skills as part of employability has been widely acknowledged
and accompanied by active research on successful cooperative learning. However …

Business schools often assign student group projects to enhance student learning of course
content and to build teamwork skills. However, the characteristics of effective collaborative …

Research indicates that the uncertainty created when students are required to work in
groups for assessed projects induces anxiety, which can manifest itself both cognitively and …

Although the literature examining the usefulness of group projects is extensive, the link
between cooperative learning, group performance and skills transfer in multicultural contexts …

Group-based teaching and learning is ubiquitous across undergraduate and graduate
business curricula, and with any type of group work, free-riding—a form of social loafing in …

The growing prevalence of collaborative learning spaces in higher education highlights the
importance of student leadership for group learning. Thus, leadership assignment as a …

The literature on team-based learning emphasizes the importance of team composition and
team design, and it is recommended that instructors organize teams to ensure diversity of …

Determining the effect of social loafing behaviors on the performance of individual and
group members in the context of group work is considered important. The aim of this …